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polyketide synthase

polyketide synthase noun: a family of multi-domain enzymes or enzyme complexes that produce polyketides, a large class of secondary metabolites, in bacteria, fungi, plants, and a few animal lineages.

Noun

polyketide synthase

  1. A family of multi-domain enzymes or enzyme complexes that produce polyketides, a large class of secondary metabolites, in bacteria, fungi, plants, and a few animal lineages.

Questions about polyketide synthase

What does polyketide synthase mean?
Polyketide synthase means a family of multi-domain enzymes or enzyme complexes that produce polyketides, a large class of secondary metabolites, in bacteria, fungi, plants, and a few animal lineages.
What part of speech is polyketide synthase?
Polyketide synthase is a noun.

Words near polyketide synthase in the dictionary

  1. polykay
  2. polykays
  3. polyketal
  4. polyketals
  5. polyketide
  6. polyketide synthase
  7. polyketides
  8. polyketidic
  9. polyketomycin
  10. polyketone
  11. polyketones

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